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Just got mine that I won in the 2026 calendar competition. Thank You Spyderco Team! After carrying it for a day I have absolutely zero complaints. As I am getting older the button activated compression lock is going to be a real blessing. Dexterity goes down with age, especially if one deals with ...

Congratulations to the winners! Great honour to be a part of this amazing project. Thank you Spyderco Team!

Just thought I'd add this after reading this topic:
I am against any minimum forum participation requirements connected with the privilege of submitting the pictures for the calendar competition. Not everyone is posting. There are many members (including myself) who are participating in the forum ...

That would be the original Para Military in CPM D2 that was gifted to me a while ago. Took it completely apart, cleaned everything, reassembled the knife and it's almost like a new one again.

I’m an old school person. Hard to catch up with all the new steels being released almost every year nowadays. I tend to take a good care of my stuff and so, the corrosion resistance isn’t my top priority, despite living in some of the harshest climates on earth (100+ summers and -40 winters). I ...

Some beautiful pictures. Great stories Gumaropa and Nestor. Thanx much for the kind words.

This is a fun project. Thanx much Kristi for your efforts.

To All; We appreciate your participation, skill and interest. Good luck.

sal


Thank You Sir. It’s always fun to be a part of something bigger ...

This year I'm submitting the picture of my 10 years old Spyderco Dragonfly Salt 2 .

I grew up poor, behind the Iron Curtain. I got my first knife when I was 10 years old and was told to take care of it, because otherwise it will rust and it's going to be taken away from me. We didn't have access ...

I’m mostly reading the forum, rarely posting, but just trying to learn more from the members here. I was collecting some pictures over the last year with the idea of participating again this time around. I was lucky enough to win a page in your calendar last year. Got me motivated for sure. Somehow ...

Looks good as new. How did you recondition the G10? Asking as the G10 on a few of my older Spydies are starting to turn white as well.


To start with a mineral spirit bath (a couple of hours), followed by a soap, warm water and nylon brush x3. Let it dry and apply a liberal amount of Ballistol ...

Thank you Gents for your kind words. This might be a perfect retirement hobby for me eventually. The only thing that I still would like to replace is the spring as there’s no closing bias right now. I’m guessing that the spring is just not very springy anymore…

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Thanks!

Restoration process:
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Got my hands on this knife a couple of days back. Kind of sad condition really. Rust visible on all the parts, side to side blade play, pocket clip with no tension, gritty action, dirty G10 scales, body screws packed with very fine sand, scratched blade. Took it apart, dumped everything in the ...

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Sun Apr 20, 2025 4:16 pm

Nestor, I'm well pleased you like it.
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:)

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Sun Apr 13, 2025 7:01 am

Nestor wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 12, 2025 6:57 pm

Very nice!

To my eyes this looks so much more beautiful than a "new and shiny" look could ever do.

Thanks. I like them worn out and full of the character as well. This one is almost 20 years old, but still working great.

H1/H2

Out and about already!



Such a smooth action and that blade just cuts.



Thanks Guys!